Phil: Teams raced from Ushuia to Maputo. Eric/Danielle sparred with Joe/Bill. "Peace! Peace!" "Freaks! Freaks!" Teams got chummy with a rat, and Charla/Mirna fell into last place. Teams got lost, and some endured a messy Detour. Charla/Mirna surged back ahead and arrived 1st at the Pitstop. Uchenna/Joyce got lost in the streets of Maputo (Joyce: I don't see the numbers!) but were spared elimination.

Phil: This is Maputo, resting on the southeastern coast of Africa. The Fortaleza in this influential port city was the 5th pitstop in a Race around the world.

Charla/Mirna, 9:07 pm.CLUE, Fly to Dar Es Salaam, TZ.Phil: Nearly 1,400 miles to the largest city in Tanzania. When they land, they'll travel to a ferry terminal and pull a number for a dhow ride to Zanzibar.

Uh0oh--what we calling a taxi on the way to the Pitstop for E/D isn't! Taxi from the fort! Oh, no!

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Charla/Mirna's taxi gets them to the airport. They're wondering if ANYone is still up at this hour. Woman: Tomorrow, a flight to Dar. We open 5:00 am.They beg the woman to hook them up now, but she defers until the morning.Mirna picks up the phone on her desk. She protests.Charla and Mirna have a ridiculous accent talking with the woman.

Dustin/Kandice try the "honey" approach and don't have much success with the woman, either.

Teri/Ian decide to bed down in the airport.Teri: Why? Ian: Where will we go?Teri: The hotel!Ian: But traffic will be horrendous.Teri: But it's only 11:00.Ian: You want to be in the back of the line, or be inconvenienced?Teri: I cannot believe we're gonna stay here.T conf: Ian is opinionated, black and white, nothing inbetween.Ian: I'll try to explain it to you one more time. I don't want to be 7th in line to wait for tickets.

Teri: I can't stay here another day.Charla: Maybe they have a flight to Miami?

Man: The Dar flight is full.Teri: Can I get Standby?The other teams appear equally screwed.Mirna finds a 7:00 flight out of Maputo to Joburg, but they decide they will take the risk to get on standby for the connection, which is totally sold out.Other teams weigh the options.Joe/Bill are suspicious of whether Charla/Mirna's move is smart.

Mirna/Charla get on teh flight, as the onl yteam. Woman: None of you will get on the 8:30 flight to Dar. I suggest you try SA Air 9:45 am.Ian is disgusted.The teams line up.Joe/Bill: So now Mirna and Shmirna look like geniuses.

In Joburg, Mirna makes friends with "Christo."Christo gets down to Charla's level.Mirna and he hold hands. Mirna: Please! You're working overtime for us!Charla: We're religious people, but that was a little awkward, holding hands ...Charla/Mirna get tix and hug the ticket agent, and Christo.

The other 6 teams get in line at South African Air.Eric/Danielle and a couple of others try to make friends in the SAAir office.Joe/Bill just wait.Ian stands in line impatiently.Man: I can sell you the tickets. Air Tanzania, 13:15 departure , arrive Dar 18:30.Looking at D/K, U/J .... "No more space." All of you are on the Standby list.

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Eric: I expect somebody to pull us out of here.Man: Where are Eric and Danielle?Teams: They got on.Man: Eric/Danielle, there has been a mistake. You must get off the plane.Eric: Will anybody give up their seats for $50 cash, right now?No takers ...Eric/Danielle get off the plane, stuck in the Joburg jetway.

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Joburg Airport.Eric/Danielle watch the plane leave as they are escorted to an evening flight.E tries to calm D.E: Just relax. Let's see what he can do for us.Man: I have flights with SAA tomorrow.Danielle is pissed.Man: I've put your names on Standby.

Teri: Can you help us?Ian to man: You're just going to abandon us?Man: Standby for 9:55 tomorrow.Teri: Another night in an airport?!?

2:52 pm, Charla/Mirna arrive in Dar as I start to cry, because I want to go there this summer!

In Joburg, three teams alternately celebrate and bemoan their common fates.

D/O get the other 5:00 departure, and D/K and U/J get 8:30.At about 5 am, D/O pretend that they're cruising each other and Mirna/Charla.5:30 am, Dhow leaves for Zanzibar, at daybreak.Beautiful.

The three teams still in Joburg form a line at an empty ticket counter.

Uchenna on the 8:30 dhow, correctly reminds everyone that the slave trade used dhows just like that, to ferry slaves out of Africa.

Man in Joburg: Only TWO on standby. Eric/Danielle, I can check you in.Teri: I can't believe this. Definitely no more seats?Man shakes head, no.Teri: Just get me out of here.Ian: Maybe there'll be more.No more.Joe/Bill: We'll be stuck here for God knows how long!E/D's plane leaves.Teri/Ian and Guidos still in Joburg.

Ian: Is there any other airline today?Man: Air Malawi, at Noon.Both teams head for that ticket counter.

On the 1st dhow, Charla hurls over the side of the boat.Danny/Oswald give her a cold compress.Charla: Much better! Thank you!Mirna: Charla and I were together all day, so it was nice to have other companions with us.

Finally Joe/Bill/Teri/Ian leave Joburg on Air Malawi.

Charla/Mirna and D/O reach Zanzibar.CLUE: Solve it, or Schlepp it?Phil: Solve it, 1/3 mile to a hotel, put together a 62 piece puzzle recreating a local style.Schlep it, 1 mile to Kijagwani lumber yard, load 2 x 50 pound logs which are used to make Dhows. Deliver to the shipyard for the next Clue.Both teams decide to do Solve.

Charla, seeing the little fishy pieces: Are you KIDDING ME?! This is gonna be tough!Danny/Oswald and Charla/Mirna are in sight of each other, basically competing.

D/O stop at a fruit market. (Apt much?) Mirna/Charla ask their driver to go faster.CLUE, C/M: Who's on target?Phil: ROADBLOCK.They must use a traditional wooden weapon called a Rungu. Throw it 65 feet, destroy a clay target for the next clue.

C/M notice that D/O aren't at the site yet.They also marvel at the jumping ability of the Maasai warriors.